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M I N I M A L L Y
I N V A S I V E
S U R G E R Y
Jim Burger
Associate Editor
VIVID VIEW
3D lets surgeons
visualize blood vessels and see tissue
planes clearly, limiting injury risks, says
Sharona Ross, MD.
technique's inherent challenges: access to the abdominal cavity, and clear views of
tissue and anatomy. Luckily,
newer laparoscopes offer
promising solutions. Here
are some of the latest
improvements and the
impact they can have on surgical visualization:
• High-definition video. One
of the first big improvements
Ty Bowman
was the development of the
5mm deflectable HD laparoscope with a charge-coupled
Laparoscopic
Visualization
Leaps Forward
Imaging advances and improved
access ease surgeons' burdens.
device (CCD) at the tip, says
Sharona Ross, MD, director
of minimally invasive surgery and surgical endoscopy
at Florida Hospital's
Southeastern Center for
Digestive Disorders and
Pancreatic Cancer,
Advanced Minimally
M
inimally invasive
surgery is tough
Tampa. "Having the CCD image sensor
on surgeons, who
at the tip delivers a brighter, larger
constantly strug-
depth-of-field picture, and it has a
gle to manage the
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Invasive and Robotic Surgery in
focus-free operation," she says. "It was
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